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Police refer a man, indicted for murdering former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to prosecutors for allegedly making a gun and damaging a building by test-firing it, according to investigative sources.

Prosecutors indict a man on charges of murder and violating the firearms control law for fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an election campaign in the western Japan city of Nara in July.

The psychiatric evaluation of a man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ended, with prosecutors expected to indict him for murder and firearms control law violations before his detention period ends on Jan. 13

Six months after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, prosecutors are moving closer to indicting the man accused of the fatal shooting that brought to light links between pooliticians and the controversial Unification Church.

The Unification Churchs links to Japanese lawmakers has emerged as a major political issue ahead of an extraordinary parliamentary session in the fall, following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with opposition parties moving to probe such ties including within their own ranks.